Fastener for tape measures and other articles



Dec. 19, 1922. 1,439,645.

A. H. SELL.

FASTENER FO- E MEASEJRES AND OTHER ARTICLES. I

lLED NO.

( r r p ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 1%, 1922.

tihli ll La AUGUSTUS HARMON SELL,

OF NEVVARK, NEW JERSEY.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Aueus'r'cs Harmon 13, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and'a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State ofNew rTersey, have invented a new and Improved Fastener for Tape Measarcs and Other Articles, of which the follow ing is a description.

My invention relates to a fastening means especially useful as anattachment to a tape measure for securing the same at one end so thatone person may take measurements without the necessity of a secondperson holding the' tape but the device is used for other purposes as afastening means for holding an end of a string or as a hanger orfastener for things to be secured to a wall or other surface.

. The general object of my invention is to provide a fastener for theindicated purpose and improved in various particulars, whereby topossess distinctive characteristics and advantages which will clearlyappear as the description proceeds.

Sufiice it to say here that the construction and arrangement of partsprovides for holding the end of the tape asclosely as possible to theobject from which the measurement is to be started and the attachment isof such a character that it may be readily applied to tape measures inuse or as made up at the factory and this without altering theconstruction of the device in any way or without altering theconventional tape measure.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of a tape measure and myimproved fastener showing the same as employed for securing the tapemeasure to' the ground or to floors;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device as arranged. in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevationshowing the use of the device for fasteningthe tape or the like at one end to a side wall as in measuring thedistance between two walls;

Figure 41- is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing the device asemployed for securing the tape measure at an end of an object such as astud, joist or board.

Figure 1 indicates the manner of applying the fastener to a flooring orthe ground as 15, 1921. Serial No. 515,327.

indicated conventionally at A; B, in Figure 3 represents a wall; and C,an end of a joist. stud, or th-e'like. D indicates the usual tape'nieasure having the usual square loop Fi cured by a strap F turned onitself and riveted'as at to the tape measure.

in carrying out my invention a point 1?. is provided in association witha shank and fixed thereto, advantageously. through the medium of a head11 on the point as hereinafter furtl'ierreferred to. 'The shank 12 isformed it an'eye 13 or equivalent foriination at the end to afford afinger hold. friaid shank in the illustrated example is formed of astrip of fiat metal bent on itself and given a loop form to constitutethe eye 18. From the eye 13 to the base the shank is straight and ofdouble thickness, the material being bent at opposite sides laterallyoutward as at 14, and then obliquely as at 15 to pass through holes 16in the head 11 of the fasten-- ing point 10.

The base of the shank at one end terminates in a laterally disposed end17 lying beneath the head 11. At the opposite side material is carriedfrom the oblique portion 15 laterally outward beyond the head 11 andformed into an eye 18 loosely embracing the adjacent outer end of theloop E of the tape measure or said eye 18 may receive a cord or anyother article to be held or suspended by tying, hooking, or otherwiseengaging the same with said eye 18.

In the arrangement in connection with a tape measure the device may bearranged in the plane of the tape measure and its loop E to all lie flaton a flooring or other surface, and the arrangement permits of the endof the loop E being along a given line from which the measurement is tobe taken. e In Figure 8 I have shown the base of the shank 12 and thehead 11 of the point 10 disposed vertically with the point 10penetrating the vertical wall B, so that the tape measure may departhorizontally at right angles to the head 11.

InFigure 4: the head 11 and the base of the-shank 12 are similarlydisposed vertically at an end of the j oist, stud, or the like,indicated at C, the tape measure and its loop E running at right anglesto said base and said head along the surface of the joist or the like.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a pracnot limit myself, strictly ticel enibodiinenfi of myinvention I do to the exacl' details herein illustrated, since,manifestly, the same can be considerably *aried Without departure fromthe spirit of the invention a, defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

escribed in rail fastener thereon. a sha 7 211m means ii'itegrzll withlower end thereo'l to secure th; the article to be "fastened.

52. A lastei chufhngr a inns and :ZL ier A 3 a shank sentin ing throughsau epehin l being; farmed into a cenl: ts cenpair 0;" arms nassgs, one0;" said arms hook to which the article to be :ened is seemed.

3. A fastener of the class described in: eluding a fastener point hav nga head. and

base presen" a separate shanr: held to said head and having a baseprovided with means to secure the base to an article to be fastened.

A fastener of the class described including a fastener point having ahead a shank having a base held to said head, the

i i ortions extending in 0pposite directions projecting through openingsin said head one of said portions extending laterally beyond said headand formed with means to secure it to an article to be fastened.

A fastener oi? the (lil":' scribed including a fasterer point llilllL ahead formed with holes 'bl'ierein at opposite ides nl: having; a basehing);

agzjainst 'ihe e' r lace of said head lalerallv inwnrd 0; sale holes,said base presei'iting portions extending throngh said holes and thenlaterally outr-Jard beneath the head one of said base portions adaptedto connect with an article t-ebe fastened.

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